Puerto Rico in the OTI Festival
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| Puerto Rico in the OTI Festival | |
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| OTI Festival | |
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| Participating broadcaster | Telemundo Puerto Rico[a] |
| Participation summary | |
| Appearances | 28 |
| First appearance | 1972 |
| Last appearance | 2000 |
| Highest placement | 1st: 1974, 1980 |
| Host | 1975 |
Participation history
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The participation of Puerto Rico in the OTI Festival began at the inaugural OTI Festival in 1972. The Puerto Rican participating broadcaster was Telemundo Puerto Rico,[a] which was member of the Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI). The broadcaster participated in all twenty-eight editions of the festival. It won the festival two times: in 1974 and 1980; and hosted the event once: in 1975.
Telemundo Puerto Rico, branded as WKAQ-Telemundo in 1968–1976 and Canal 2 Telemundo in 1976–1986, selected all its entries for the OTI Festival internally. In fact, it always selected big names in order to compete in the event. It won the contest on two occasions, the first time with the song "Hoy canto por cantar" sung by Nydia Caro in 1974. This song, written by Caro and Ricardo Ceratto, was enormously popular and very controversial for being considered an "anti-protest" song.[1] In 1980 it recorded its second victory in the festival with the song "Contigo mujer" sung by Rafael José, which was written by Laureano Brizuela and Ednita Nazario.[2]
Apart from its victories, it managed to reach the top 10 in eight occasions, but from 1983 on, the results started declining, In fact, since then, it was unable to reach the top ten positions again, until the last edition of the show in 2000, when it got the second place with the song "Con una canción" by José Vega Santana.
WKAQ-Telemundo, hosted the OTI Festival 1975 after the victory of Nydia Caro the previous year. The venue of the contest were its own television studios in San Juan. The broadcaster created a colorful stage with a central platform and an orchestra section in the background.
Ednita Nazario represented Puerto Rico in 1979
Lou Briel represented Puerto Rico in 1984
Participation overview
| 1 | First place |
| 2 | Second place |
| F | Finalist |
| SF | Semi-finalist |
| X | Contest cancelled |
| Year | Song | Artist | Songwriter(s) | Conductor | Place | Points |
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| 1972 | "Por ti" | Chucho Avellanet | Guillermo Venegas Lloveras | Pedro Rivera Toledo | 4 | 6 |
| 1973 | "Yo quiero una orquesta" | Óscar Solo | Óscar Solo | Pedro Rivera Toledo | 6 | 5 |
| 1974 | "Hoy canto por cantar" | Nydia Caro |
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Pedro Rivera Toledo | 1 | 18 |
| 1975 | "¿Adónde vas amigo?" | Los Hispanos | Edwin Oliver | Wilson Torres | 5 | 5 |
| 1976 | "¿Quién?" | Eduardo Delgado | 15 | 1 | ||
| 1977 | "Piel dorada" | Aqua Marina |
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Wilson Torres | 6 | 3 |
| 1978 | "Háblame" | Rafael José |
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Pedro Rivera Toledo | 4 | 35 |
| 1979 | "Cadenas de fuego" | Ednita Nazario |
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Ettore Stratta | 5 | 21 |
| 1980 | "Contigo mujer" | Rafael José |
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Jorge Calandrelli | 1 | 36 |
| 1981 | "Mírame a los ojos" | Glenn Monroig | Glenn Monroig | Ángel "Cuco" Peña Berdiel | 15 | 8 |
| 1982 | "Sin tu música" | Lunna |
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Ángel "Cuco" Peña Berdiel | 18 | 5 |
| 1983 | "Navegaré" | Edgardo Huertas | Lou Briel | Héctor Garrido | N/a | |
| 1984 | "Todo llega" | Lou Briel | Lou Briel | Eddie Fernández | N/a | |
| 1985 | "Represento" | Juan Manuel Lebrón[3] | Lou Briel | Luis García | N/a | |
| 1986 | "Tú y yo solos, nadie más" | Maggy | Pijuán | Pijuán | N/a | |
| 1987 | "Soy mujer" | Marisol Calero |
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Ito Serrano | N/a | |
| 1988 | "Para ser feliz" | Sandra Rogers |
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Druco Gandía | 14 | 0 |
| 1989 | "Porque no volverás" | Aldo Matta |
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Eddie Hernández | N/a | |
| 1990 | "La mujer que sueño ser" | Ivonne Briel | Lou Briel | Ito Serrano | N/a | |
| 1991 | "Nuestra voz" | José Juan Tañón | José Juan Tañón | Ito Serrano | SF | N/a |
| 1992 | "Atrapada en el tiempo" | Brenda Reyes | Rodolfo Barrera | N/a | ||
| 1993 | "Que siga la rumba" | Rumba y Bembé |
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Eduardo Reyes | N/a | |
| 1994 | "Lo que te toca vivir" | Jessica Cristina | José Luis Melendez | Pedro Rivera | SF | N/a |
| 1995 | "Latinoamericano" | Carlos Alberto Fortuño | Antonio Ramía Pérez | Ramón Sánchez | N/a | |
| 1996 | "Ay, amor" | Grupo Porto Latino | Rodolfo Barreras | Pedro Toledo | N/a | |
| 1997 | "Almas solas" | Ángel Joel Peña |
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Ángel "Cuco" Peña Berdiel | SF | N/a |
| 1998 | "Yo te propongo" | Arianna |
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Miguel Cubano | SF | N/a |
| 1999 | Contest cancelled X | |||||
| 2000 | "Con una canción" | José Vega Santana | José Vega | Pedro Rivera Toledo | 2 | N/a |